We all have busy schedules, and coming to the Madigan Library for research help can seem impossible. Fortunately for you, the databases and catalog are available online 24/7 so you can search from anywhere, anytime.
If you are off campus, you will need to enter your network username and password--the same sign ons you use to log onto a computer on campus--to have access to the databases. For example: if your email is abc1@pct.edu, your network username would be abc1.
Proquest is one of our most popular databases and is a more user-friendly database. When searching for information in Proquest, the limiters are easy to set and choose. Proquest offers a wide range of sources including scholarly articles, periodicals, trade journals, books, and more on a variety of subjects. The Proquest database simultaneously searches across multiple subject specific databases to locate results.
While on-campus, when you search Google Scholar, a message to the right of the article link with say "Get it @ Madigan Library," which means that we have the resource at Madigan Library. Clicking on the link will lead you to the article in the library's holdings.
Each databases have hundreds of thousands of resources. In order to find results that you want, your search terms to be specific. Use these tips to search the databases:
*: AND, OR, and NOT are called Boolean operators.